''Hedbergia longiflora'', formerly ''Bartsia longiflora'', is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ''Striga'') were formerly included in the ...

. It is an

afromontane The Afromontane regions are subregions of the Afrotropical realm, one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms, covering the plant and animal species found in the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. The Afromontane regions ...

species, restricted to the mountains of northeastern Africa. A subspecies, ''Hedbergia longiflora'' subsp. ''macrophylla'' Hedberg, has also been described.

Phylogeny

The phylogeny of the genera of

Rhinantheae Rhinantheae is a tribe with less than 20 genera of herbaceous plants in the family Orobanchaceae. Phylogeny The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using DNA markers. Three assemblages can be distinguished in this tribe: * ...

has been explored using molecular characters. ''Hedbergia longiflora'' groups with ''

Hedbergia decurva ''Hedbergia decurva'', formerly ''Bartsia decurva'', is a species of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. It is an afromontane species, restricted to the mountains of northeastern Africa. Phylogeny The phylogeny of the genera of Rhina ...

'' and '' Hedbergia abyssinica'' into a ''Hedbergia'' clade nested within the core Rhinantheae. These three taxa share evolutionary affinities with genera '' Tozzia'', '' Bellardia'', '' Neobartsia'', '' Parentucellia'', and ''

Odontites ''Odontites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. Phylogeny The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters. ''Odontites'' belongs to the core Rhinantheae. It is the sister genus t ...

''.

References

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